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The Silk Road Quiz
Historians often say Silk Roads, because they were a network of routes, not a single highway. Ten questions on the people, goods and ideas that traveled between China and the Mediterranean for over 1,500 years.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes a map and 2 photos
About this quiz
The routes ran from central China across deserts and mountain passes to the ports of the Mediterranean. Silk moved west, glass and silver moved east, and religions, diseases and inventions traveled in every direction. Almost no merchant made the whole journey. Goods changed hands many times along the way.
The quiz runs from Roman fashion and Buddhist pilgrims to medieval travel tales and the modern project that borrows the routes' name. Several questions check popular stories against the sources.
